Wind-shield cleaner for automobiles.



B. C- THRONSON.

WIND SHIELD CLEANER FOR AUTOMOBILES.-

APPLICATION FILED mun. 1911.

1:,23525 7 Patented July-31, 1917.

Un -Ten sTATEs PATENT OFFICE;

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Specifieetien of Letters Patent Patented J {fly '31, 1911 swe ten-1118a February 111917. SerialHmMJfli T all wl om it may nozwei'n:

Be it known that I, Bns'rnowmiw C.

'l'.nno -rson, a citizen of the United Statesf "and resident'of Racine, in the county 0 :Rneine and. State :of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windshield and Ida hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, end exu et description thereon This invention; reletes broadly to attachments :for nutomohiles, cleaners for. Windshields thereof;

the invention is to 'eonstmetecl eleener by i the.same collects-thereeniiromeny cause e: and the several figures it will be noted ,win

disposed on each side of the glass G thereof,

m p sse ewn, W s tems xi le evens n t smegemn objects in View thein digs in the novel jnirrengement of 1 be hereinefter m'ore pen 1d and claimed and shown -whet jeii1-:--.-

" 1 a portion ef en Part- 0i the derice m-seet1onn enemy 91s 23- verti is shown in its preferred embodiment that consists-broadly of'a clip -1 and two sets-bi Wipersupports Q'and 3, theformer bcin disposed eround the top part of the shield frame-F, 'while the letter are The supports 2 end 3 are-preferably of such a length that they will clean practicellythe Whole upper portionaof the wind shield. The-clip 1, which. somewhat u sheped;

consists of ag pair of i'ippnsitely served; plates 4, one edge of each of whieh is pro Vide'd Wil}ll z; number of elined' eyes 5 which ere adapted to receive "a pintle 6, thereby hinging said pletesftog'etherz able that the free ends of the plates be caused It is prefer to move toward each other to force the above mentioned wiper arms into engegementwitli 'col thesides ofthe wind shield, therefore a Cleaners for Automobiles v 1 more pertienlarly tofrom; moisture whenever? fj a front elevetioncf j terse sectional via three h thew-ind Slhfilil the seeompsnymg din, Wing the inven Jgless of spring 7 is disposed sroirnd the intermedieti.

portion of the'pintle 6. Opposite ends 391.

this. spring engage the two plates-tin such a manner that when the free endsof the plates are movedaway from each other the tension of the springwill tend tomove the plntestoweld each other when. released.

These pletesl may be made of Yery light sheet metal in whichcase reinforcing ribs 9 are provided thereonfor strengthemn'g the Ski-111%. This permits the opposite-side edges to be out away as shown et 10 without f f 'giently weekening the same. ZEhe ends of the plates opposite their hinged connect-ion witheach other are-bent cured. Any number of 'the latter may be etteehed 'to'each of the plates, end in -the present instance two- ;ere used for cleaning-T the outside of the wind shield, .while only onev is necessary 01 the inside. 'The sup-' Y ports 2 are 'dir-.-*p'0sedon the outside of the supports while the cross bar 12 is flattened 'ivindshield and are formed bybending a" rod'of appropriate lengthiinto substantially U-shepe, the arms of whichfornfth wiper-- and adapted to be secured to one of the at I tnching flanges 11 by suitable fasteningele.

niehts such as the rivets 13 The single Wiper support 3 is also formed from n rod, the upper end-of which'is ben't i laterally and flattened as shown at 14L so" u 7 that it may be readily attached to the attaching flange 11' of'th'einner lates -IA to thisfle-nge 11. i

" Since the wiper supports-2. and?) ere nee .essarily formed of metal to provide the nee; 'essery strength for thedevice-i't is desirable that they be covered with some suitable form instance tubular rubber on the supports as clearly shown in'F1g.1.

. 7 $0 handle 15 of. suitable shepeis a so ettech'ed 5'6 of flexible materinl'to prevent injurytothei :7

thegwiud shield. '-In the preSent--' sheathing is slipped I When this material is moved across the sfurfees of the glass of the wind shield it will effectively remove all moisture whichclings thereto.

simply secnre'the sheathing -16 to the motel wipersupports, theseme is e plied before In order to very effectively, yet" the latter are attached to th n 11 a V the upper end of each portion of the cbver ing isslipped around the laterally bent u per ends of the supportsas shown-at 1 1 ,o n." laterally to form attaching flanges :11 to '1 I which the wiper supports-2 and 3 are se-,-

Now, when the ends of the supports are secured to the attaching plates 11 by the fastenin elements 1.3.these upper portions of the s eathing members will. beclalnpcd between said flanges 11 and the supports 2 and 3. By this simple arrangement the sheathingwill be prevented from sliding from the supports 2 and 3 and also will be prevented from rotating or moving there around. Should it be necessary to ever epply new sheathing to the supports, the latter may be disengaged from flanges 11, and the old eo If it is necessary to free: no wiper members bolts and in he sol stituted for the rivets 13.

It is seen that Whilst-hi arrangement of? parts produces at very simply eonst i cleaning device, the same would ins tremcly eflioient in operation end si; as; it; is formed of very few nui'nher of pen; 3 be inexpensively nianufectured.

Various minor changes may be made in the several parts of the device, for instance -in the length of the wiper supports, with out departing from the principles of the invention as outlined in the following chumsu I elei1n2--- 1. In a cleaner of the class described a substantially U-shuped clip, the free ends of the arms of which are movable toward each. other a pair of wiper supports formed of a rod bent into U-shape, the same being secured to one arm of the clip by the cross bar connecting said supports, and an additional wiper support secured to the other arm of the clip.

2. Inn cleaner of the class described,. a pair of'oppositely curved plates hinged to gether along one end, a spring forcing the free ends said. plates toward each other, said end. portions being hent inter-ally niiel relation to provide l d a. Wiper ,SEIiH 'JOIiT fixed aliasing portion of ouch of said pntes, and n, handle for operating said channel.

in estimony that l claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Racine, in

the county of; Racine and State of Wiscon sin, in the presence of two witnesses.

BAR'lllOLOMEW C. THRONSON. Witnesses:

DAN S'rnonr, LOUIS TIIROINSON. 

